Author: Paul R. Pival
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Screencasting reviews
When I first followed this link I found in one of my referring log files I was worried that this was simply a marketing site, as they seemed to be pushing a 50% discount on one of the reviewed products. I was very pleasantly surprised though, to find a really nice in-depth comparison of 4…
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Camtasia Studio version 3.1 released
I really haven’t had a chance to explore the enhancements, but today TechSmith released version 3.1 of Camtasia Studio for screencasting. You can read all about it, and watch a 30-minute screencast (made with 3.1) that demos the enhancements on the Visual Lounge blog. Looks pretty nice for the advanced user. Technorati Tags: screencasting
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Finding libraries near you
Libraries411 grabs your location and draws a Google or Yahoo map of the immediate area with pushpins for all the Public Libraries in the vicinity. This would be a really useful tool for distance students if it also included Academic Libraries. And what if we (librarians) could interact with it so we could also display…
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Interactive Workshop – Guidelines for Distance Learning Library Services
A little late on re-publishing this from the OFFCAMP list, but Rob Morrison, Chair of the DLS Guidelines Committee writes about an upcoming workshop at ALA Midwinter: Guidelines for Distance Learning Library Services Interactive WorkshopALA Midwinter ConferenceSaturday, January 21, 1:30-3:30 pmHotel Menger, Ballroom AACRL Distance Learning Section Help brainstorm ideas and draft new language in…
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Google’s version of weeding the collection
Not sure how this one slipped by me, but this article from a reputable source dates from August, 2005, and describes the Google Purge project. Interesting concept – wonder if any libraries have tried this?
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Library Stuff on ITI/Quint Podcasting
Another Steven with which to agree – this time at Library Stuff, where Steven points out that just making files available as a downloadable mp3 but at a different URL each month does not a podcast make. I would add this to my list of subscribed podcasts in a heartbeat, but I’m not going to…
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The Future of Electronic Texbooks
Stephen posts about a Bill Gates quote in which Bill claims students will all be using electronic textbooks within 4-5 years. Stephen thinks not, at least not that quickly, and I agree. Just too many different formats and DRM non-standards out there to make this work even within 5 years, IMHO. I can see some…
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It’s good to give it a name
Earlier this week Geoff Harder gave an online talk about RSS. I had to miss it, but just got a chance to look at the slides he used during the talk. He started by explaining how the consumption of RSS feeds can help with the following two afflictions: NADD and RII. NADD is Nerd Attention…
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More from Educause – Changing a Cultural Icon: The Academic Library as a Virtual Destination
As I was browsing around the Educause site looking for something for the previous post, I tripped across this Jan/Feb 2006 Educase Review article titled: Changing a Cultural Icon: The Academic Library as a Virtual Destination. Here’s the abstract: Deep into the digital age, academic libraries have relinquished much of their fundamental and sustaining role.…
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Educause – 7 Things You Should Know About Collaborative Editing Tools
Found via the Kept-up Academic Librarian, the latest in the Educause series of "7 Things You Should Know About": 7 Things You Should Know About Collaborative Editing Tools (2 page PDF). Collaborative Editing Tools include things like wikis and Writely, but this factsheet doesn’t mention any tools by name; it starts with a scenerio and…